Sheyla Guadalupe Flores Rivas (born 15 May 1998) is a Nicaraguan

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who plays as a forward for

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and the Nicaragua women's national team.

Club career

In 2015, the 17-year-old Flores set a Nicaraguan women's football record, scoring a total of 72 goals for UNAN Managua across the 2014 Apertura and 2015 Clausura, surpassing

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's previous record of 66 goals. In 2016, Flores signed with FC Águilas de León. In October 2018, Flores signed with Salvadoran team

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, becoming the first foreign footballer to play in Liga Mayor de Fútbol Femenina. She ended the regular season with 20 goals from 7 games. In 2019, Flores rejoined UNAN Managua. In January 2020, Flores signed with Costa Rican team

. In July the same year, she returned to Nicaragua to join

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. In April 2022, she rejoined Saprissa, signing alongside her younger sister Yessenia. She left the club in August 2023.

International career

In 2011, a 13-year-old Flores played twice for the Nicaragua women's national under-17 football team, scoring in a 2–1 home loss to

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International goals

''Scores and results list Nicaragua's goal tally first''

Personal life

Flores' sister Yessenia also plays for the

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References

1998 births Living people Nicaraguan women's footballers Women's association football defenders Alianza F.C. footballers Nicaragua women's international footballers Nicaraguan expatriate women's footballers Nicaraguan expatriate sportspeople in El Salvador Expatriate women's footballers in El Salvador {{Nicaragua-women-footy-bio-stub